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1996 Unemployment Rates

Rank	Town	Rate	Population
1	Lincoln	1.3%	7,899
2	Wellesley	1.5%	26,809
3	Dover	1.5%	5,383
4	Weston	1.7%	10,448
5	Carlisle	1.8%	4,599
6	Wayland	1.9%	12,041
7	Concord	1.9%	17,792
8	Wenham	2.0%	4,423
9	Topsfield	2.0%	6,098
10	Newton	2.0%	80,238
11	Acton	2.0%	18,851
12	Sudbury	2.1%	15,130
13	Sherborn	2.1%	4,107
14	Needham	2.1%	27,828
15	Lexington	2.1%	29,484
16	Brookline	2.1%	54,137
17	Winchester	2.2%	20,318
18	Marblehead	2.2%	19,973
19	Medfield	2.3%	11,467
20	Boxford	2.3%	8,550
21	Belmont	2.3%	24,044
22	Westwood	2.4%	12,935
23	Westborough	2.4%	15,005
24	Lynnfield	2.4%	11,232
25	Hamilton	2.4%	7,487
26	Boxborough	2.4%	3,979
27	Arlington	2.4%	43,656
28	Stow	2.5%	5,731
29	Cambridge	2.5%	93,707
30	ManchesterbytheSea	2.6%	5,357
31	Bolton	2.6%	3,279
32	West_Newbury	2.7%	3,871
33	Natick	2.7%	31,310
34	Holliston	2.7%	13,381
35	Cohasset	2.7%	7,070
36	Newbury	2.8%	5,985
37	Milton	2.8%	25,794
38	Littleton	2.8%	7,695
39	Duxbury	2.8%	15,007
40	Chelmsford	2.8%	33,484
41	Southborough	2.9%	7,388
42	Northborough	2.9%	12,801
43	Medway	2.9%	11,391
44	Hingham	2.9%	20,265
45	Georgetown	2.9%	7,054
46	Danvers	2.9%	24,467
47	Burlington	2.9%	23,493
48	Bedford	2.9%	13,676
49	Andover	2.9%	30,891
50	Westford	3.0%	18,642
51	Shrewsbury	3.0%	26,771
52	Sharon	3.0%	16,684
53	Reading	3.0%	22,956
54	Norwell	3.0%	9,652
55	Norfolk	3.0%	10,389
56	Hopkinton	3.0%	10,805
57	Watertown	3.1%	32,490
58	Wakefield	3.1%	24,756
59	North_Reading	3.1%	12,919
60	Essex	3.1%	3,368
61	Swampscott	3.2%	13,676
62	Scituate	3.2%	17,242
63	Beverly	3.2%	38,596
64	Winthrop	3.3%	17,305
65	Walpole	3.3%	22,251
66	Rowley	3.3%	5,196
67	Norwood	3.3%	28,899
68	Millis	3.3%	7,965
69	Melrose	3.3%	27,426
70	Mansfield	3.3%	18,806
71	Framingham	3.3%	64,536
72	Ashland	3.3%	12,940
73	Somerville	3.4%	74,356
74	Newburyport	3.4%	16,558
75	Maynard	3.4%	10,412
76	Marlborough	3.4%	32,974
77	Franklin	3.4%	26,664
78	Foxborough	3.4%	16,011
79	Canton	3.4%	20,314
80	North_Andover	3.5%	24,283
81	Ipswich	3.5%	12,352
82	Hanover	3.5%	12,891
83	Middleton	3.6%	5,624
84	Wrentham	3.7%	10,049
85	Woburn	3.7%	36,628
86	Waltham	3.7%	57,214
87	Tewksbury	3.7%	28,644
88	Stoneham	3.7%	22,131
89	Peabody	3.7%	48,365
90	Medford	3.7%	56,190
91	Saugus	3.8%	26,223
92	Merrimac	3.8%	5,670
93	Hudson	3.8%	17,695
94	Berlin	3.8%	2,332
95	Stoughton	3.9%	27,481
96	Dedham	3.9%	23,741
97	Bridgewater	3.9%	23,692
98	Braintree	3.9%	34,708
99	Amesbury	4.0%	15,784
100	Norton	4.1%	15,659
101	Groveland	4.1%	5,610
102	Easton	4.1%	20,970
103	Weymouth	4.2%	54,847
104	Nahant	4.2%	3,782
105	Malden	4.2%	52,749
106	Holbrook	4.2%	11,092
107	Wilmington	4.3%	19,874
108	Salem	4.3%	38,008
109	Quincy	4.3%	85,532
110	Marshfield	4.3%	22,911
111	Billerica	4.3%	38,861
112	East_Bridgewater	4.4%	12,133
113	Dracut	4.4%	27,769
114	Randolph	4.5%	30,554
115	Milford	4.5%	25,194
116	Lakeville	4.5%	8,596
117	Boston	4.5%	558,394
118	West_Bridgewater	4.6%	6,647
119	Rockport	4.6%	7,580
120	Pembroke	4.6%	16,010
121	Salisbury	4.7%	7,093
122	Kingston	4.7%	10,447
123	Haverhill	4.7%	53,952
124	Everett	4.7%	35,006
125	Abington	4.7%	14,683
126	Rockland	4.8%	17,236
127	Hanson	4.8%	9,512
128	Whitman	5.0%	13,743
129	Revere	5.0%	41,761
130	Raynham	5.0%	10,513
131	Lowell	5.0%	100,973
132	Hull	5.0%	10,472
133	Lynn	5.1%	80,563
134	Plympton	5.2%	2,614
135	Plymouth	5.2%	48,329
136	Carver	5.3%	11,289
137	Middleborough	5.5%	19,200
138	Halifax	5.5%	6,844
139	Avon	5.7%	4,611
140	Methuen	5.9%	41,029
141	Gloucester	6.1%	29,267
142	Brockton	6.3%	92,324
143	Chelsea	6.7%	27,608
144	Lawrence	9.9%	68,807


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